davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23
Heiieu6e.

6r. 3. .. 6aniOu, ira Benion, Min'
neIotu, bar oGret berneoe paa ct Srars
beies. 6an er en- gummel sienoing Der
i @peu ira fine Stolenor paa eutber
Gpae0e, uleu bar uoret Jig up ira Den
Sio til en- &i1mpc paa benoeo 81 SOB,
iaa BET bar paulfeli9t moi at tjcnbe igler
ben gnmle Smaa9it. 9eu er ban ret.
ienoc 9lgent for 0r. 6rebrltien d 60,
Ioml bar tilinl9S Milioncr glcres al
9aro / GmeritaS @orbpeiten for iliitC
% ilitti9e itanbinapiife Snopnnorere p9
lloIluttere.
- 6r. &. Z. 5ci9en, N9ent fpr
9ppeltp Manufacturing So. / 0apen,
port, Soma, nilasbe Sec. Soften" ei
~bebnaelist Seiss i aipiste ll9e.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

blep ubipreot ialits Seitplrnirser imob
Boltmeiteren, ian at be uoen 9pil fjenoer
Saanoterinaen isr; men benne Gang
itnl ui bioe isjeu, bpis hi bliuer blpt.
6pis en- Mdno mi for Chen life fan
eipre FIN 1list, iiben at ban lfal biiue
panrret oeriur, iaa er bet nof piit bleuet
Ilet bepenot meo gpb Woral / @lens
iuoob. .. 8. SipeIino,
p. NJ, @ai6instpn Gr9rie.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23
Decorab % Snleglt.
Zen 22oe STARTS 1887.
@innrih eif Mslte

or after paa 6nrten. Sodg, Wdnoa9,
broeer Ieter Sous til gieru g)ort meo
is, iad patrc % brpie al @rrt, at DC
fan preientere iis "uitammeubes" lelr
/ ben fore @~erocnsitao. Oct er .. z.
Saure, iom aiienper oenue 2abnins, %
ban bar imittert trufiet ct belbist Tals.
Gprenes sienncmiuitlise @ust sadr Of
til benpeb 1,400 8uno.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23
Tremtiocm VS.. Nortiocm.

;. Net er en- Manufacturing, at Wenne.
ltets blob er blepet risere. 0utioens
Sgrn er beore uopifleoe, bar beore
lRultler % risere Sierner emo bore Nor.
'eore bauoe. Gariassn til benne aienes.
.lern'ns ltriper fig mere fra ben almin.
beige grus al Or. Sarter's Iron Tonic
mo ira rosen anpen Mariaa.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

s ReItanratipnen. Gn Stuoent baooe
iaa l9nge os bpilpbt taft ON line
man9iolbige &mbitaber, at en- al 8j9s
Iterl1e table acknowledgement % temmes
fig barit ia9oe:
"9tu bar ri uirfelis BORT npf on ali
oct Sc fan. sig mig MI ensang, bpap
8e life fan, os jeg i%nbeitaar Dem ipr,
at oet fan jes."
"Ses?" iuarebe Stubenten, "nu Def,
jes fan life betale min Ge9nil9 Der, %
oct slaber mig meset, at De fan pet!"
llnoer ~alminbeli9 2atter betalte @jG'
item pirfelis Stuoentens &esning.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

Sisfret. 8apepolitiet | Dleppe bar
uoIteot ielgenbe meo rosuGroi9 9lstres
tipn aHatteoe 5ororoning: "9et biioer
bernteo dn6efalet 8aoeuosterne, naar en-
Game er / 5are for at orittne, oa at
aribe famine / &leberne os life Sanret,
ba bette iaboanlisuis bliper dlene til
ba9e / Saanben paa ben, Ipm 9rlber
fat beri."
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

Som befienbt llfer Sorn iatminoez
ligbeb life, at man faloer benz imaa,
men De uil sjerne siGtoe for at bore
itore. Gn lioen @ut, lom bar fig fjaiet
os narasti9t 40, bleu al i'm 6aoer til
taft meo De Orb: "8u er ri9tig en-
lipen Gbefat!l" = "Nei, Bapn, jeg er
eli tor abefat!" iuarebe @utten meget
f~ortrpoeli9t.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

bells / Chicago, iaa bans 8utif fploes
mere % mere for boer Dag.
9iSfusiipnsmgoe / "0e hinges
Sprbunb" 5reoass Giten. 9bena: Oil
pioere EMANCIPATION pGre til 5orbel for
be 6ureneoe Stnter?
8eo en- 5~eiltagelie meobeltes |
iurriae Nurier al "Gecprab Hpitcn", at
Ieoer Slieus 2abe / Maoiion 9opns
hip bar p%pbrGnot. 2nben bleu fun
truiiet al 9%ynitraalen, men ben br9note
life op.
8rpi. Breckenridge tiger, at Saars
termineu peo 3ecOrab Suititute pil be
apuoe meb ct itgrre Nntal Gleper emo
l~Gbpnnlist.
- .. g. gbompion, al 8irmaet Sllon
& Gbompion, reiite / Wanoags til Gbl=
cn9o for at sisre SnOtipb al Sarer for
Saarbanbelen.
"0e hinges 5orbunb" bolber 5or,
retniug8meoe buer 5reoass aiten.
Silo9jGs bsrtes for fprite Sang
Der / Omesnen iiOIte Sguoo9 Nfteu.
Those wishing a copy of Institute
Herald viii applyto A, Rer
DEBORAH, Iowa.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

j S%aoebnIet. Sen Saoenoe tnser
8abemelteren meb inc iii Nsiiitaucc.
Gen Sabeube: 6r. 8abemeiter, butfe. {.
Saoem.: Sfal Ife! Gen 8abenbe (tOnr=
mer op isien); Men, S~aoemeIter -. ,
outfe -. 8uoem.: Sfal ife! zen
Saoenoe CONNER after OPP: 9ufte
maa ies life, 2egen bar iorbuot mig
oetl
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23
Naar man CT aliIor pioebesjGrlig.

Naar man CT aliior pioebeBiGrlig.
gn mleeet nerpes 5rue, Der epi9 p9 altio
flaseoe oper i'm Spselisbeb, ituloe be-
io9e ct befjenot 8abeiteo, men ~iorlangte
al i'm Susl9se, at fan ifuloe meogipe
henbe ct 8rep-Hl 8apelasea, Lboori
berne paa bet Npiagtisite bleo unoerz
rettet ON benoes Spscom os bens Siz
mitorie. !6an giorbe, iOm BUN BAD, ps
poerleuereoe benbe peb benbes Qfreiie ct
iorie9let Sreu til 8aoets 2ese. I'm
berueiS funbe 5ruen life mooItaa 2plter
til at lore ben oirfelise @runo til i'm
Spgopm at fjenbe. t6uu brpb attlaa
Srepet, Der inbebolot iol9enoe:
"ajGre Sr. &oQe9al - Seq ienoer
Gem hermeh Ell tninnelis. iprifruet go:
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23
Sill 4ubtifum.

3rpnt Bun Npller Mills or MI I upmgti
Stnno % bar litret iig Ell ipritc Slaaa
gtpller % leperer III De iorltleli9e grades \
6lour, %19onQpoe meo oct beblte. Slrrods
hco benleoes 0pmGrtiombebcu pna rrr S7r1
plan. vi gtOcr ira 80 til 81 GuNo i OgrN1
8ulbei meo &ran o. Miioiinl 6Iopt 4
6eeo lcoeres pan hoilfctiombelit Steo tSt1
n0eti ertra Detailing Soet ri badber OF A
en- liberal So9nin9, tcaner ri O9 nleo Nja'I
2S,4. Wsctt Il Rpnep,
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

Gn gpnoe bapbe eli liben Spn, iom
me9et ing, ba9lig blep ta9et meo / 6jps
ps Stalo; ban bapoe mart snnite sob
Steoe pda, bpao Der foreialot, % 9iorbe
meo fort glpor efter, buao ban iaa i'm
5aber sjgre fore Jig. = en- paffer Dag,
ba bans Wtor bapbe iaaet 9piQinser,
blep ben ieraarise Nbelsmano fprt inb
for at 9lpre S~efjenbtifab meb fine npe
SpIfenoe, e~iterat ban bapoe siort fin
l~ebpanlise &unbe blanot Sprene. Gut
ten betra9teoe be to imaa geroensbprs
sere ppmarfiomt, fplte paa beres Sen,
faeb benz | Irmene, aabnebe beres giens
lag, peste paa ben enc us lasbe: "Be=
6olb ben ber!"
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23
st init Cieblif. 3eto 29ser q. ps

st Init Cieblif. 8etp 299er U. %
.. iao peo Spseiensen bos en- ull9
Grue, Der laa / Jeberfantaiier, o9 raaps
jloa meb bperanbre ON, buaO man burpe
sribe til. glnpielis reiite ben Sp9e jig
op / Sensen % raabte:
"0pftor y. err Ell Itor 9olf!!"
"Ser De-, iasoe Den anoen lmilenpe,
"bappe jes life &et, naar je9 paaltoo,
at bun bar fine lpie giebliffe?"
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23
Gm meaet uaalant Mano bar iagt:

Gn meget usalant Mano bar iagt:
Gn DANES 2ip or ira bet 19be til bet
25be Nar Sppaarsfrisen mellem Sjerte
pg SorItano; fra BET 25be til bet 55be
Sreoipeaarsfrisen mellem Naturen %
3oilettets Sumter; fra ben Sio al, ct
baarbnatfet 5orluar al cit itGrf 5Gltz
ming mpb Sioens StprmanIdlo.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23
V~ogn:WcrfNco ojp. tilialss'

Ia NIT Su9npertiteo CT oct eneIte lSps
o9 10 Mtile til no9et anoet, er Der sn%J
6orretning, men jog bar fact Spo 6fon
oil oerfor i9lge. B%psnin9en er l6XAvI
u mob bpit; Vaanin9sbus er 10 \ Ivy
6po bpit meo 3 SGrelier. 9aoe Y MI
10 SOB bpit lamt 40 Ncres 4anO 219 gm
Spen, Wilt er tilial9s. Som o. GsI
Il ID til ". NnperlefI
27.ti. giteline, Samiltpn go, ~
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23
SOUS ttHalas.

9tnler s. 8. Yeotripns tibiigerc Su5 M
4 9otter, belig9enoe paa DAT Street, CT n
llat ttllalgs. 0uiet er / COB StGrO cg Gs1
boloer 6 &9rcller % GOD SlGlosr. Nj
henoenoer fla til &. Sborpicn /
26 Am. 9ecprda 5rT1
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

aubt us parnt, Der ban iao laa; bet par
n9Iten for parmt," lagoe ban til % prs
iteoe tunst. Aa 10, Bonoen tit bam
enoelig til at ilgtte Jig ino til Suren.
9enne par a(ereoe bp9tis ppbeoet, ps
parmere % oarmere blep ben. Speoen
Itoo ben ~ltaffels iStsmano paa Banoer,
% 6eltanbis ilpiteoe ban Jig tiot, men
BET blep p9rre os pRrre parmt. gti
bar Smpret blepen oarmt % be9priote
iaa inlaat at imeltes % iinoe gel iieo@
pper Wanbens stniist pg Nafte. Nn
tcmte ban @lasiet og uilpe saa, men bet
par iusen &aao. De ituloe babe ct til.
Smpret imeltebe ~raifere os %ralfere, os
Srsmanben MATTE itabig p9f BRUCE
Srpie9rmet at tgrfe meb. Gnbuer ma
uel i%ti5nne, bpao ben i~taffels Mano FED
ber / Spnsfrossn, og aderminbit unogif
oct 8pnbens SpmRrfiombeo. Sa MI
piloe ban ba sad. "9tei," meitte Sonz
Ben. "3u er laa ioeo, ier jeg, at bet er
iarli9t, bu snar no Zig. On faar NOT
pente til Speoen saar irb iglen ellers
funoe ou blipe ing" "@a nei," mente
DHgm1TtprrT, BET VaF life ffuu iurtIgt, 90
iaa bespnber jes at bliue iaa tr9t, at
jes oil faa Sop til at 9ao 6iem o9 l99ge
mig" Yet ialte Smer ianot 10 osiea
Sei til Sinene, og bisle ipeb berfpr for
inrbeli9t. Gnbelis if ban ba 9pp til
at 9aa, men life igreno Speoen bar
saaet ino isjen."
Gn treble Sang 6apoe ban I%tjaalet
@rter, men Fan turbe life itole paa ben
bgie 6at lenser. Gu baube ban plttet
Surelpmmerre ps StopleIfafterne illbe
al Grter % bette bauoe SOnoen Ugiaa
martet. 6an pibite npt Sidab ogiaa for
bette. "giaa Snns," ia9be ban, "lfal
jeg 9iue big Ell Warf, bois bu oil l9re
mig at ipenoe "&epefrof." gtei, BAN
uar ba iaa samm,el, ban life ouebe. ga
10, De lagoe Jig t%ilrette, nen ba Sans
ifuloe ipGnoe up, tpg 8onoen meb Ell
gag / bans SOB meo iit, trat Fam enoe
t~ilueirs p9 bOlbt bant paa 6ppeoet, iau
at grterne ipruteoe ON Dem. "0et bar
ba i~orf9roeli9t til !0u9elItlr III mioi
paa folbe 8interen d." bemGrtebe Bon.
ben Imaaleenbe.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

SAB big life rarre. ct. Safobs Slje
helbreoer Smerter / Rpgsen p9 9eoene.
Get er ben lterite SmerteDuerumoer /
Serben. 3iliaiss paa ale Ipotbefer.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

| enptlT1
ID ienoe II
3ansh Vri
bmbpttet
baas at u
RsSptnsis|
fomme|
ion
|bruses. Y
baa, atpi]
FaaSanne
tnsans bel
btbolSe ID
man fripd
bpiHe Sci
fpis Gu |
$n al &c /
|bpisrtiS1
tniheoetI
|fsnSesend
Dor. Yrd
kts, na6r
bts. Sfer|
ben
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23
SCfal.Nfctiticro
GRUB 6ats" IT, Il, 80 So, S s.as.

Guner bar MI ct fort % Del as
S"S@' ~iorteret Gplug al SprneitO (pper
go Sulin ialD ban bar lugt mere emo nlmin
oeli9 Snttante og 5lio for Ga9eu / at iaa Ell
aloeles fpmplet disagreement al Stotpi for
SDrn al ale Nlore. 0ois Sc bar 6rua for
Srrnelfo, laa gaa, boor DIR baoe5 BprneIio
illlal9S, og oct er hos gnBcr.
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

RrHnuS Gmiomt Sboes,
""' beoite / 9auOct. p,'
fun al i. Sursen8 & SO. S'
Decorah-posten., 1887-03-23

0nnhch @n me9et iutcreSiaHT
~ppDsp| oanit &og pnn 50 5NE
ON 9ppbeb % Nopeobanfeu 6elbrgNaI
Noresle: 9tibolion, III Wfc9ou8al I'll
1873 Neu 9ct
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-04-28
Gov. Leslie Reccises a Present.

Governor Leslie receives not n few
OF what might be called '.crank" let
ters-epistles that can only be ex-
planned 10y suppo-ing that they eme-
nate from disorslered imaginations.
Lately he was the recipient of n com
munication of this type. which was ac-
companied by a package, from the
Deer Lodge peniIentiary. The letter
referred to the package. describing it
as present which it WAS hoped GOV.
Leslie would accept, and then went on
at length to speak in mysterious Ian
gtiage Of the revelations as to time
and eternity the writer might make il
he chose or was permitted. Not with
out II little excusable nervousness the
governor opened the package. Il con-
tanned plain glass bottle of the cat
pacity OF two quarts or five pints.
Within it was a fuli-rig,ed toy ship.
The bare hull of the vessel had beer,
squeezed into the neck OF the bottle,
but the deck fixtures, masts and rlg-
ging and other equipments had all evil
IDENTIFY been put in place after the
hull was showed inside. In addition n
tightly fitting wooden cork is in the
bottle, and this cork is held i'm place
by Il long and heavy wooden clamp
running through IL mortise and held
in place by sundry plug pins. Alto
gether it Is Il most complicated puzzle,
the construction of which is beyond
imagination. The maker is II convict
and Is reported to be subject to occa-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-04-28

Some of the most severe earth.
qualies on record have taken place in
February. At Lisbon. on the 26th oi
February, 1881, l.3Oo houses were
destroyed by an earthquake and
ZOO persons buried in the ruins
On he 2d of February. 1Ot. J.OD0
lives We're lost by an earthquake AT
Aquila, in Italy. On the 9th Of Feb
ruary, 1888, terrible earthguukt
took place in Italy and Sicily, destroy
ing thousands oi lives and overthrow
ing Messina and other towns. On the
Ith of February. 1897. an earth
quake destroyed the whole country
between Santa f'e and Panama. in
Guiding Cusco and Quito; and il is
estimated that on this occasion.
10000 people were buried in one
second. on the 2Oth of February
1885, IN earthquake in Chill. besides
eilerting an immense amount of other
damage, almost destroyed the city
of Conception. Knocking down tin,
cathedral aud most of the public
buildings-Scientiii iiic American.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-04-28

a correspondent signing the initials
III. 4. L." has written IL number OF
articles from PhilbroOk, descriptive OF
the Judith Basin, to the Billings
Gazette. We take the following from
recent letter in regard to the pro-
ductivenc-s of our agricultural lands:
II will cite II few Instances showing this
excessive yield: A thresher kept an account
~ the number of bushels Of wheat and
acreage and found at the end of the season
that the yield in the localities where he had
worked was almost II bushels per acre
The writer knows of one small field tina.
yielded 16 bushels per acre and sod ground
over 30 bushels per acre. Oats yield ON
well titled ground from 80 To 15 bushels
per acre aud in some instances have been
known to produce 10 bushels. The ii :.
ures given above are measured bushels
which would show much larger il reckonsi
by weight for oats weigh from :,s To 10 HI.
per bushel and sometimes exceeds - lbs,
while it il not uncommon for wheat ~
weigh 30 and - pounds per bushei. Th''s
statistics compare iavorlhly with those
given by tine agricultural department ipf
the states in their report for lsSl :.
page J93 1. Five winter wheat ST., =
I produced AN agertsr of Il bushels pr
acre. and five spring wheat states Il
bushels per acre. while in oats the average
from 1871 to 1851 was 2s.6 bushels pr
acre ior all the states while the highes' aud
| lowest average of ANY state during that
time was 3r.I and - bushels per acr.'
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-04-28
Prevents Foreign investments in Mines.

In reply to IA letter written by B. e.
King-bury, OF Butte, making inquiry
as to that portion OF the allen land
law which prevents foreign capitalists :
from investing in mines in the te' :
ritorics, Senator Plumb, OF Kansas,
says:
DEAR S,R:-On my return from Flor
ida | found your favor of the 18th
ult. awaiting me. Responding toyour
inquiry ! will say that in my judgment
the alien land law passed ut the recent
session OF congress does prohibit not
only French. but all foreign capt. ali>ts
from investing in MINES in he terri
tories of the United States. While the
bill, as originally drawn by myself.
was aimed chiefly at the acquisition OF
agricultural land by foreigners, still,
the fact that 1t also prevented the
acquisition OF mining property by
them was well understood and dis
cussed After hearing all that WAS
said on the subject. the committee on
public lands, before whom the hill was
pending, concluded that it was best to
let il stand in that particular rs in
trOduced. so far as could be ascer-
tanned the benefits resulting from the
investment OF foreign capita! in min
ing properties i'm the territories were
more than counterbalanced by the
disadvantages resulting therefron.
There is undoubtedly y money enough in
this country seeking investment to
provide for the development of all
mining properties known to be valu-
able. and it is better, | think, to 90 II
little slower and keep the income oi
our mining properties ut home. Ther,
j. much that ] feel like saying upon
th. subject OF which you have written
but it is hardly worth while in view
!. OF the fact that the law without any
doubt whatever. prohibits foreign in
vestment in mining properties il
territ orie-, and. as | said before. TIL.
result was thoroughly UNDERSTOOD.
Truly yours,
p. B. PLUME.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-04-28
again.

That section OF an nc. entitled
AN act to prevent the branding OF
cattle during certain seasons of the
year" approved March IL, 1855, he
amended so as to read as follows:
SECTION /. II shall he unlawful for
any person to brand or mark any calf
or other cattle that are running at
large between the first day of Deem
her OF each year and the 10th day of
the month OF May following, provided
that any owner OF stock may brand
on his own premises at any time in
the presence of two responsible citi-
zens. Any person violating the pro
visions of this act shall lie deemed
guilty OF n misdcmeanor, and on con
viction before any court of competent
jurisdiction shall be punished bya fine
of not less than S25 nor more than
800 for each aud any animal thus
branded. or by imprisonment in the
county Jail for term not exceeding
six months. or may be punished 10y
both such tine and imprisonment in
ie ,liserei ion of the court.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-04-28

Gen. George 4. Sheridan of I.ou'si-
ana, has taken the platform in defense
of the bible against the sophistry OF
Ingcr>ol. lie delivered lecture at
the Congregational church last week
on Modern Pagan" that was un-
usually good. sheridan H. one of the
the best orators of the day, and the
popularity he has gained on the stump
ought to be increased on the lecture
platform. There is nobody of or on
the stage that can tell "a story any
better than he and his wit IL genuine
lie tells me that his greatest difficulty
on the lecture platform j. in sticking
to his text. lie has prepared himself
with great care and long study to up
set the agno-ticism of lngersoll. and
demonstrate the inspiration of the
bible without bringing religion into
it," as he says. By this he means
that his argument il outside the ortli-
nary pulpit channel. and he wants TO
convince. but his experience on the
stump makes it difficult to resist the
temptation to run away from his
manuscript and say whatever comes
into his head.
Several years ago, when the people
OF Ohio were crazy on tine imitation
idea. | went with Sheridan to make "a
speech ut Canton. lie had an inn
mense audience, and among other cit
liens of distinction was a venerable
man who had been the greenbacs can
diiate for the Unitel States Senate
when Judge Thurman was elected the
last time. Sheridan was explaining
the difference between real money and
the fiat variety, and by the way OF
illustration had IA Pompeiian coin.
He held it up and said:
This, ladies and gentlemen, is
money-real money. 1t always has
been money. and always will be
money; you can pass it through the
fire and it will not burn; you can bury
it in the ground and it will not rot.
The government that ISSUED il has
been buried under a pile of lava for
1900 years, and yet this coin is worth
as much as when originally ISSUED.
Nothing can detr;,ct from its value
And this" be continued. holding up Il
s ..greenback. sis not money. Ii is
simply n promise TO pay. anl if our
government should fail it would he
worthless. II is not only not money,
but it cannot be made money. and if
the government of the United States
should print all over it's front side and
its back side This is u dollar,
it would not be a dollar"
a, this point the old gentleman who
had run tor the senate against Judge
Thurman got up and begged leave TO
ask n question.
''Do understand you to say, Col.
Sheridan, that ii the government of
the United States printed the words
This is dollar on that note that il
would not be dollar?"
III the legislature of Ohio should
print on your trousers This is Alien
q. Thurman would you he "a senator
OF the United States?" replied Sheri-
dan. instantly.
The old gentleman never smiled
again.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-04-28
TINE HAoo0ck MURDER TRIAL.


Sioux Cry, Iowa, April 1.-THE
! Jury in the Arensdorf ease went through
the vigls of the night without a sign
OF an agreement The air had been
| full of rumors for some days that the
jury had been polled i'm advance and
that eleven would vote for acquittai
and one for conviction, but these were
regarded as idle speculation. II seems
however, that the friends OF the de-
fendant were better informed on that
point than the general public. How
they knew will probably he learned IN
due time About twelve O'Clock to-
day the Judge called the jury into
court and asked if they had agreed
upon Il verdict. Ell. Webster, the
foreman, replied that they had not
been able to agree. Judge Lewis re-
marked that he had no desire to
punish the jury for failure to agree and
asked If the difference was insurmount-
able Mr.. Webster said they stood
eleven TO one. and he thought they
might bring that man to an agree
ment ii more time was given. Then
j. ID. O'COnnell arose, and IN a voice
indicating great elrnestnesS assured
the court that he had no desire to he
obstinate; that he had carefully con
sidered all the evidence. and rs Il man
who respects the oath he had taken
before God and man he could not
possibly yield his conviction on that
point. His mind was fixed, and no
matter how long the jury might he
held there he could not change his
verdict. The judge saw from the
intense earnestncss of the man that
it was useless to hold the jurors. and
they were discharged. 1t was found
, that the Jury stood eleven for acquit-
tai and one for conviction OF murder
in the first degree On the first ballot
two voted for conviction. but that
was evidently only a blind to enable
that one to prevailupo Mr.. O'Connell
to 90 over with him. but the game did
not win. Mr.. O'Connell is u well to do
farmer residing near Salix, Il well ed'i-
Gated Irishman, II man oil iniieNible
integrity and deep-seated convictions
of duty. The defense have from the
first regarded him as a crank whom
all their establishments could not
turn lie has conducted himself
throughOu. rs an honest Juror should.
while some of the others have been
ind.crect. to say the least. To say
that the whole trial has been a parody
| on justice is to put it mildly, but this
has not been the fault of the court or
| the prosecuting attorney. One infiex-
IDLY honest man saved the disgrace Of
the acquittal of II man whom nine
tenths of the people believe to be
guilty.
j. u. O'Connell. the juror who held
out for conviction. in an interview,
says he was approached by the defense
and asked to name his price. but
Spurned the offer He refuses at pre'-
ent to name the parties to the offer.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-04-28

The Northern Pacific has ISSUED II
circular to its Montana agents in
structing th,m hereafter to receive
shipments of hides, skins or fur of
wild animals to be taken out OF the
terrific tory. which has not peen allowed
for about two years. In March. 1883.
the Montana legislature. it was sup
posed, passed II law prohibiting the
exporting OF these articles from the
territory. The bill was enrolled ~
having passed, and was published
with the Laws. II has ju-, been as
certaine,l that the bill dill not pass
both houses. INT Was enrolled AMI
printed by mis- axe. Meanwhile dealer.
in fur, have Offered every inducemen,
10 the railroad agents to receive ship
menf~. which have Invariably been re-
fused. Now. however. the traffic j. re-
~,iineI